About the Role
Design, develop, and maintain internal web applications and data pipelines to support Baseball Operations departments, with the goal of building a winning team on the field.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, code review, and deploy new features to the internal web application.
- Develop creative solutions for visualizing baseball information to end users.
- Construct and maintain data pipelines to ingest information from external baseball vendors into internal systems.
- Transform data in meaningful ways to ensure it is reliable, understandable, and easily accessible for developers and analysts.
- Develop innovative solutions for optimizing applications and processes to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Collaborate with other software and data engineers, analysts, and Baseball Operations staff to understand their workflows and build software solutions that support them.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age by the start of employment.
- Able to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, holidays and extended hours as dictated by the baseball calendar.
- Previous experience designing and building web applications, databases, and data warehouses.
- Passion for baseball and understanding of baseball statistics and analytics.
- Solid understanding of programming fundamentals and experience with one or more coding languages (such as Python or JavaScript).
- Strong understanding and use of front-end web technologies (HTML, CSS).
- Proven experience with modern database technologies and proficiency writing SQL.
- Previous experience with version control systems like Git.
- Minimum physical requirements: able to travel to and gain access to various areas of the ballpark for prolonged periods of time during games and events; able to lift and transport up to 25 pounds.
- As a condition of employment, must successfully complete all post-offer, pre-employment requirements, including but not limited to a background check.
Skills
- Proficient computer skills including experience with MS Office products such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- General knowledge of basic office equipment including copier, laser printer, telephone, and computer.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to work well with others in a collaborative, respectful manner.
- Ability to communicate effectively with non-technical users to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex software issues.
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills.
- Capacity to handle high volumes of detailed work, multi-task and manage projects on strict deadlines.
- Maintain professional demeanor with a high degree of discretion, integrity, and accountability.
- Fluently bilingual in another language popular among baseball players, such as Spanish, Japanese, or Korean a plus.
- Proficiency in Python, particularly for backend web development and data manipulation preferred.
- Knowledge of web development frameworks like Django or Flask, and JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, or Vue a plus.
- Prior experience with AWS cloud services like Redshift, Glue, RDS, EC2, ECS, and Lambda (or Azure/GCP equivalents) preferred.
- Familiarity with orchestration tools (Dagster, Airflow), dbt, and Apache Spark a plus.
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-Time
Education Level
- 4-year Bachelor’s Degree, or education equivalent, preferably in Computer Science or closely related field
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 to $120,000
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) with employer match + automatic company Safe Harbor contribution
- Basic Life Insurance (with option to purchase Supplemental Life Insurance)
- Pet Insurance
- Generous paid time off (PTO) and holiday program
- Paid employee parking
- Onsite barista service
- Employer provided game tickets to home games
- Onsite experiences
- Ballpark discounts on food and retail
- Work from home Fridays (during the off-season and when team is on the road)
- Smart casual dress code
About the Company
- The San Diego Padres are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for our employees.
- We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those who may not meet every qualification but are passionate about our mission to apply.
- Skills are transferable, and enthusiasm for our work is highly valued.
Equal Opportunity
- The San Diego Padres are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
